Penholder.



E. OSTBY.

PBNHOLDER. ArPLIoATIoN FILED 11116.30, 1912.

1,066,41 7. Patented July 1, 1913.

EDWIN OSTBY, 0F HANKINSON, NORTH DAKOTA.

PENHOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1, 1913.

Application filed August 30, 1912. Serial No. 717,934.

To all Lo/0m t may concern.'

Be it known that I, EnwiN OSTBY, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Ilankinson, in the county of Richland, State of NorthDakota, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Penholders;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention is directed to improvements in pen holders, andhas for its object to so construct a device of this character that thepen may be removed from the holder when the same has become uselesswithout soiling the fingers.

NVith these and other objects in view, this invention resides in thenovel features of construction, formations, combinations andarrangements of parts to be hereimifter more fully described, claimedand illus- -trated in Athe accompanying drawing, `in which Figure 1 is aside elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional viewthrough. the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3 3 of Fig. l.Fig. et is a detaill perspective view of the spring.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral l designates a handle havingsecured to one end the metallic barrel 2, said barrel having alongitudinal slot 3 formed in its upper surface, the purpose of whichwill appear later. Contained within the barrel is a leaf spring 4t,which has its body portion 5 disposed obliquely within the barrel, thein ner end of said body portion terminating in an extension (3 whichpasses through the slot 3 and is slidable therein. Secured to the outerend of the extension (3 is a button 7 which when engaged by the fingerwill move the spring :t backwardly and forwardly within the barrel 2.The outer end of the body portion 5 terminates in a reversibly bentplate 8, the same being concave-convex in cross section, and adapted toengage the peil point to hold the same firmly clamped against a portionof the barrel 2. From this construction it will be seen that a pen pointmay be conveniently inserted between the plate 8 and barrel 3 and afterthe same has become useless it lnay be removed upon sliding the springelforwardly.

i lip t) is formed integral with the plate 8 and is adapted to preventthe pen point from being inserted too :far in the barrel said lip alsoserving to positively eject the pen point when the plate S is movedforwardly.

lVhat is claimed is:-

A peli holder comprising a barrel having a longitudinal slot formed inits upper sur face, a leaf spring having its body portion arrangeddiagonally within the barrel, the inner end of said spring terminatingin an extension which engages in said slot, a button secured to theouter end of the exten-- sion, the outer end of said body portionterminating in a reversibly bent plate, said plate being concavo-convexin cross section, and having a lip formed upon its inner end andslidably engaging' the interior of the barrel, as and for the purposeset forth.

ln testimony \\'hereof, l atlix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

IC'IVIN OSTBY. iVitnesses:

J. lV. IIimonAvn, Giro. W'. RnNNix.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing' the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

